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£££££££,,£ its job  is to  do vast amounts of small £££,,£,,££
££££££,,,, calculations in a short  amount of time. ££,,,,,,,£
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,£££,,,,££ most work  on the principles  of  posing ££,,£££,,,
,,£,,££,,£ the  problem on a  hilbert  plane, which £,,,,£,,££
,,,,,,,,,, is then  folded  out  of  causality,  so ,,££,,,,,,
£££££££££, that  daemons   can  solve  the  problem ,,,,,£££££
££££££££,,   without affecting real life. (these    ££££,,££££
£££££££,,£ daemons  are  under  contract  with  the £££,,,,£££
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££££,,,,,,   it's commonplace for programmers and   ,£££££££,,
,££,,£££££ clerks  to  pray to  the "gods" of their ,,£££££,,,
,,,,,,££££ computer,  or  to the daemons  doing the £,,£££,,££
,££££,,£££ work,  for  a  quick   and  fault   free ,,,,£,,,,,
,,££,,,,££                operation.                ,££,,,££££
,,,,,££,,£                                          ,,,,£,,££,
££££,,,,,,       some ubiquitous and generally      ,££,,,,,,,
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£££££,,£££      ==# light a scented candle #==      ,,,,,,£,,£
££££,,,,££        ==# for quiet and calm #==        ,££££,,,,,
,££,,££,,£                                          ,,££,,£££,
,,,,,,,,,,     ==# recite a mantra or other #==     £,,,,,,£,,
££££££££££    ==# reassuring message to make #==    ,,££££,,,£
££££££££££     ==# the computer comfortable #==     £,,££,,£,,
,££££££££,           ==# and at ease #==            ,,,,,,,,,,
,,££££££,,                                          ,£££££££££
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££,,££,,££     ==# prayer for solace, to be #==     £,,£££££,,
,,,,,,,,,£   ==# left alone during their work #==   ,,,,£££,,,
££££££££,,                                          £££,,£,,££
£££££££,,,   ==# offer a cup of steaming tea #==    ££,,,,,,,£
££££££,,££    ==# or a meal to the machines #==     £,,£££££,,
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           would    you    consider    code    golf           
           to    be    a     kind     of    prayer?           
           as   in,    you   make   a   convoluted,           
           intricate,    beautiful,   and   useless           
           artifact.   as  in,  you're  using  your           
           skills    to    ask    for    something,           
                                                              
           ...i'd  ask  for  a   handful  of  bugs?           
                                                              
           code   has    bugs,    lots    of    it.